C & B Brakes

Hello! I am trying to replace the brake bands on my old C, unfortunately the pin is not wanting to come loose from the axle tube. I have been soaking it with Blaster. I am open to ideas and am wondering what works well. Air hammer? Heat? Drill :(? I appreciate your replies!

Dallas

What did you do for a new pin after you drilled out the stuck one?

When you get the pin out and go to replace the bands you may want to be certain to clean out the brake area.  If the tractor has been sitting mice seem to love to live in there.  Also, when you take the bands out put a wire on them and draw it through when removing the bands.  You can use the wire to lead the band back.  Will make it easier.
Toughest brakes we had to remove was one from an orchard.  The spray rusted the bolts.  We always tried to be out of the shop when it came in for brakes.
Good Luck!
Bill Long

BFH and some HEAT!!!

This is the way I took them out until I found using the air hammer punch was much faster.  With the air hammer it is a few minute job without blaster.

I remember when I restored "Alice" my B. One final was full of grain, and the other had a mouse condo in it. And, it didn't smell good either!!  Whoa!  I found that heating up around the pin, and spraying your favorite penatrating oil around it and the heat drawing the oil in allowed me to drive the pins out quite a bit easier. I then ran the pins on my wire wheel grinder and cleaned them off. I then took a round wire brush that fit in the pin hole and chucked it up in the drill and cleaned the pin bore out. On re-assembly, I used a heavy coat of Anti-seize on the pins and in the bores. This way if I ever have to service the brakes again, I should be able to get things apart without to much trouble. I did the same thing to the adjusting bolts/jam nuts. That's an area where "heavy on the Anti-seize" isn't a bad thing. Its been over 10 years now since I did that. Man, where does the time go....!

Welcome to the forum..  I replaced mine with some cold rolled steel I had,  can't remember the diameter, can check tomorrow if you need me too.   By the way where in NC are you located?   Tim

I didn't catch the pin question in time. A tip for the next time or for someone with the need for a new brake pin. I have made several. Easy to do with a drill press. I took a small piece of an oak one by two. drilled a hole in it the size of the pin, cut a slot with a hack saw into the drilled hole, placed the one by two in a vise,  placed a pin cut from bar stock the length of the pin in the drill press so the needed groove was where the slot was cut, turned on the drill press, placed the hacksaw in the slot and cut the groove to the needed depth.

Except on the really early B's like your's Charlie, which originally had the setscrew....

CTuckerNWIL wrote: One of my pins FELL out in front of the garage one day. Before I found it, I put a 1/2 inch cap screw in it's place. Nobody mentioned removing the "pin retainer" . I guess there is supposed to be a snap ring in the groove on the pin????

Excellent point. Hopefully the "C" clips that keep the brake band pins centered in the housing were removed prior to driving out the pins. If its all rusted and dirty inside the housing they can be hard to spot.